Journal of the House

Second Regular Session, 90th General Assembly

FIFTY-SIXTH DAY, Tuesday, April 18, 2000

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider in the Chair.

Prayer by Reverend Rudy Beard.

Gracious God, our history and our experiences remind us so many times that You do guide us that we should not doubt Your power or presence.
There are times when we doubt our beliefs and believe our doubts. In these times, help us to seek Your will and strive to live Your will as we find
it. Give to those chosen to lead strength of conviction and dedication to selfless service of the people of Missouri.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, Joint Rules and Bills Perfected and Printed, to which was referred HCS HB 1113,
HB 1121 and HB 1881, begs leave to report it has examined the same and finds them to be truly perfected and that the
printed copies thereof furnished the members are correct.

PERFECTION OF HOUSE BILLS

HCS HB 1932, relating to managed care, was placed on the Informal Calendar.

HB 1728, with House Committee Amendment No. 1, relating to state purchasing, was placed on the Informal Calendar.

HCS HBs 1489, 1488 & 1650, with House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2, House
Amendment No. 2 and HS, pending, relating to immunizations of school children, was taken up by Representative
Kennedy.

House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2 was withdrawn.

The hour of recess having expired, the House was called to order by Speaker Pro Tem Kreider.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as an Honorary Page for the Day, to serve without compensation: Maija
Suzanne Prins Steinberg.

RESOLUTION

Representative Skaggs offered House Resolution No. 1163

HOUSE COURTESY RESOLUTIONS OFFERED AND ISSUED

House Resolution No. 1162 - Representative Boykins

House Resolution No. 1164 - Representative Legan

House Resolution No. 1165 - Representative Howerton

House Resolution No. 1166 - Representative Hartzler (124)

House Resolution No. 1167 - Representative Abel

REFERRAL OF HOUSE BILL

The following House Bill was referred to the Committee indicated:

HB 1881 - Fiscal Review (Fiscal Note)

PERFECTION OF HOUSE BILLS

HCS HBs 1489, 1488 & 1650, with HS, as amended, pending, relating to immunizations of school children, was again
taken up by Representative Kennedy and placed on the Informal Calendar.

Representative Abel resumed the Chair.

HCS HB 1762, relating to agricultural marketing, was taken up by Representative Williams (159).

Representative Williams (159) offered HS HCS HB 1762.

Representative Kreider offered House Amendment No. 1.

House Amendment No. 2

AMEND House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1762, Page 8, Section 261.038, Line 22 of said page, by inserting
after all of said line the following:

"Section 1. 1. Sections 1 to 3 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Farmland Protection Act".

2. The purpose of the farmland protection act shall be to:

(1) Protect agricultural, horticultural and forestry land;

(2) Promote the continued economic viability of agriculture, horticulture and forestry as a business;

(3) Promote the continued economic viability of those businesses dependent on providing materials, equipment and services to
agriculture, horticulture or forestry; and

(4) Promote quality of life in the agriculture community.

Section 2. 1. The state or any political subdivision shall hold water and sewer assessments in abeyance, without interest, until
improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made.

2. This section shall only apply to tracts of real property:

(1) Comprised of ten or more contiguous acres; and

(2) Used as agricultural or single family residential property or both; and

(3) Not in a platted subdivision.

3. At the time improvements on such property are connected to either the water or sewer system, the owner shall pay to the political
subdivision an amount equal to the proportionate charge for the number of system lines connected to improvements on such property.

4. The owner shall not be charged based on the total cost of running the water or sewer assessments to or across the owner's real
property. Rather, the assessment shall be based on:

(1) A reasonable hookup charge; and

(2) A proportionate charge for the number of improvements requested to be connected to such assessments in relation to the total
capacity of the system; and

(3) The anticipated proportionate burden to the system.

5. The period of abeyance shall end when the owner exercises the option to connect to the improvements for which the assessment was
made.

6. When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution, so long
as said terms are not inconsistent with sections 1 to 3 of this act. To the extent that such terms are inconsistent, the provisions of sections
1 to 3 of this act shall control.

7. Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any assessment is held in abeyance without interest.

8. The political subdivision responsible for assessments shall notify the owner of the amount proposed to be charged and the terms of
payment for each improvement requested to be connected to said assessment. The notice shall:

(1) Be provided in writing to the owner at the address provided by the owner as the address for receiving receipt of notice;

(2) Be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested within forty-five days of receipt of the request for hookup from the owner;

(3) State in the body of the letter as follows: "As owner of the property proposed to be assessed, you have thirty days from the date of
receipt of this notice to accept, in writing, the amount of the assessment stated herein or to appeal the amount to the circuit court of the
county where the real property is located".

9. If the owner disputes the amount of assessment when the period of abeyance ends, the owner may appeal the amount of the assessment
to the circuit court of the county in which the application was filed within thirty days of the receipt of the notice.

10. Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of counties to hold assessments in abeyance.

Section 3. Property subject to the farmland protection act may not be taken in whole or in part by any political subdivision of this state
by eminent domain except after a public hearing pursuant to chapter 610, RSMo."; and

Further amend said title, enacting clause and intersectional references accordingly.

Speaker Gaw resumed the Chair.

On motion of Representative Kreider, House Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

Representative Graham (24) offered House Amendment No. 2.

House Amendment No. 2

AMEND House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1762, Page 1, Section A, Line 12 of said page, by inserting after all
of said line the following:

"32.105. As used in sections 32.100 to 32.125, the following terms mean:

(1) "Affordable housing assistance activities", money, real or personal property, or professional services expended or devoted to the construction,
or rehabilitation of affordable housing units;

(2) "Affordable housing unit", a residential unit generally occupied by persons and families with incomes at or below the levels described in this
subdivision and bearing a cost to the occupant no greater than thirty percent of the maximum eligible household income for the affordable housing
unit. In the case of owner-occupied units, the cost to the occupant shall be considered the amount of the gross monthly mortgage payment,
including casualty insurance, mortgage insurance, and taxes. In the case of rental units, the cost to the occupant shall be considered the amount of
the gross rent. The cost to the occupant shall include the cost of any utilities, other than telephone. If any utilities are paid directly by the occupant,
the maximum cost that may be paid by the occupant is to be reduced by a utility allowance prescribed by the commission. Persons or families are
eligible occupants of affordable housing units if the household combined, adjusted gross income as defined by the commission is equal to or less
than the following percentages of the median family income for the geographic area in which the residential unit is located, or the median family
income for the state of Missouri, whichever is larger; ("geographic area" means the metropolitan area or county designated as an area by the federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, for purposes of
determining fair market rental rates):

Percent of State or

Geographic Area Family

Size of Household Median Income

One Person 35%

Two Persons 40%

Three Persons 45%

Four Persons 50%

Five Persons 54%

Six Persons 58%

Seven Persons 62%

Eight Persons 66%

(3) "Business firm", person, firm, a partner in a firm, corporation or a shareholder in an S corporation doing business in the state of Missouri and
subject to the state income tax imposed by the provisions of chapter 143, RSMo, or a corporation subject to the annual corporation franchise tax
imposed by the provisions of chapter 147, RSMo, or an insurance company paying an annual tax on its gross premium receipts in this state, or other
financial institution paying taxes to the state of Missouri or any political subdivision of this state pursuant to the provisions of chapter 148, RSMo,
or an express company which pays an annual tax on its gross receipts in this state;

(4) "Commission", the Missouri housing development commission;

(5) "Community services", any type of counseling and advice, emergency assistance or medical care furnished to individuals or groups in the state
of Missouri or transportation services at below-cost rates as provided in sections 208.250 to 208.275, RSMo;

(6) "Crime prevention", any activity which aids in the reduction of crime in the state of Missouri;

(7) "Defense industry contractor", a person, corporation or other entity which will be or has been negatively impacted as a result of its status as a
prime contractor of the Department of Defense or as a second or third tier contractor. A "second tier contractor" means a person, corporation or
other entity which contracts to perform manufacturing, maintenance or repair services for a prime contractor of the Department of Defense, and a
"third tier contractor" means a person, corporation or other entity which contracts with a person, corporation or other entity which contracts with a
prime contractor of the Department of Defense;

(8) "Doing business", among other methods of doing business in the state of Missouri, a partner in a firm or a shareholder in an S corporation shall
be deemed to be doing business in the state of Missouri if such firm or S corporation, as the case may be, is doing business in the state of Missouri;

(9) "Economic development", the acquisition, renovation, improvement, or the furnishing or equipping of existing buildings and real estate in
distressed or blighted areas of the state when such acquisition, renovation, improvement, or the furnishing or equipping of the business
development projects will result in the creation or retention of jobs within the state; or, until June 30, 1996, a defense conversion pilot project
located in a standard metropolitan statistical area which contains a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, which
will assist Missouri-based defense industry contractors in their conversion from predominately defense-related contracting to nondefense-oriented
manufacturing. Only neighborhood organizations, as defined in subdivision (13) of this section, may apply to conduct economic development
projects. Prior to the approval of an economic development project, the neighborhood organization shall enter into a contractual agreement with
the department of economic development. Credits approved for economic development projects may not exceed four million dollars from within
any one fiscal year's allocation. Neighborhood assistance program tax credits for economic development projects and affordable housing assistance
as defined in section 32.111, may be transferred, sold or assigned by a notarized endorsement thereof naming the transferee;

(10) "Education", any type of scholastic instruction or scholarship assistance to an individual who resides in the state of Missouri that enables the
individual to prepare himself or herself for better opportunities or community awareness activities rendered by a statewide organization established
for the purpose of archeological education and preservation;

(11) "Eligible farmer's market", a group of farmers, each of whom farms agricultural land located within this state which he or she rents
or owns, and who have formed a group for the purpose of allowing each member farmer to sell his or her products derived from his or
her farming activities to the public at a common structure or building when at least fifty percent of the costs of such structure or building
are paid for by such group of farmers;

(12) "Farms" and "farming activities", using or cultivating land for the production of (a) agricultural crops; (b) livestock or livestock
products; (c) poultry or poultry products; (d) milk or dairy products; or (e) fruit or other horticultural products, provided; however,
"farms" and "farming activities" shall not include a processor of farm products or a distributor of farming supplies contracting to
provide spraying, harvesting or other farming services;

(13) "Homeless assistance pilot project", the program established pursuant to section 32.117;

[(12)] (14) "Job training", any type of instruction to an individual who resides in the state of Missouri that enables the individual to acquire
vocational skills so that the individual can become employable or be able to seek a higher grade of employment;

[(13)] (15) "Neighborhood organization", any organization performing community services or economic development activities in the state of
Missouri and:

(a) Holding a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury that the organization is exempt from
income taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; or

(b) Incorporated in the state of Missouri as a not for profit corporation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 355, RSMo; or

(c) Designated as a community development corporation by the United States government pursuant to the provisions of Title VII of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964;

[(14)] (16) "Physical revitalization", furnishing financial assistance, labor, material, or technical advice to aid in the physical improvement or
rehabilitation of any part or all of a neighborhood area;

[(15)] (17) "S corporation", a corporation described in Section 1361(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and not subject to the taxes
imposed by section 143.071, RSMo, by reason of section 143.471, RSMo;

HB 1464, relating to funeral merchandising practices, was taken up by Representative Ransdall.

On motion of Representative Ransdall, HB 1464 was ordered perfected and printed.

HB 1326, relating to public service commission orders, was taken up by Representative Mays (50).

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider resumed the Chair.

On motion of Representative Mays (50), HB 1326 was ordered perfected and printed.

PERFECTION OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

HJR 40, relating to compensation of elected officials, was taken up by Representative Graham (24).

Representative Dougherty assumed the Chair.

Representative Scott offered House Amendment No. 1.

House Amendment No. 1 was withdrawn.

Representative Scott offered House Amendment No. 1.

House Amendment No. 1

AMEND House Joint Resolution No. 40, Page 1, Section 3, Line 1, by placing a bracket before Section 3; and

Further amend said bill, Page 4, Line 91, by placing a bracket after assembly.; and

Further amend said bill by removal of the internal brackets and boldface.

Representative Scott moved that House Amendment No. 1 be adopted.

Which motion was defeated by the following vote:

AYES: 066

Akin Alter Ballard Barnett Bartelsmeyer

Bennett Boatright Burton Chrismer Cierpiot

Clayton Crawford Dolan Elliott Enz

Evans Foster Gibbons Graham 106 Gratz

Griesheimer Gross Hegeman Hendrickson Hohulin

Holand Howerton King Kissell Klindt

Koller Legan Levin Linton Lograsso

Long Loudon Luetkemeyer Luetkenhaus Marble

McClelland Miller Murphy Myers Naeger

Nordwald Ostmann Phillips Pouche 30 Purgason

Reid Reinhart Richardson Rizzo Robirds

Ross Sallee Schwab Scott Secrest

Shields Summers Surface Townley Vogel

Wright

NOES: 089

Abel Backer Bartle Berkowitz Berkstresser

Black Blunt Bonner Boucher 48 Boykins

Bray 84 Britt Brooks Campbell Champion

Curls Davis 122 Davis 63 Days Dougherty

Farnen Fitzwater Foley Ford Franklin

Fraser Froelker Gambaro Gaskill George

Graham 24 Green Gunn Hagan-Harrell Hampton

Hanaway Harlan Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124 Hickey

Hilgemann Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer Kelly 27

Kennedy Kreider Lakin Lawson Leake

Liese May 108 Mays 50 McBride McKenna

McLuckie Merideth Monaco Murray O'Connor

O'Toole Overschmidt Parker Patek Pryor

Ransdall Relford Reynolds Riley Scheve

Schilling Seigfreid Selby Shelton Skaggs

Smith Thompson Treadway Troupe Tudor

Van Zandt Wagner Ward Wiggins Williams 121

Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Mr. Speaker

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 007

Auer Barry 100 Crump Kasten Kelley 47

Ridgeway Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

Representative Blunt offered House Amendment No. 2.

House Amendment No. 2

AMEND House Joint Resolution No. 40, Page 4, Line 91, by inserting after said line the following:

"The General Assembly shall never appropriate funds which retroactively increase a member's salary."; and

Further amend said title, enacting clause and intersectional references accordingly.

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider resumed the Chair.

On motion of Representative Blunt, House Amendment No. 2 was adopted by the following vote:

AYES: 128

Abel Alter Backer Ballard Barnett

Bartelsmeyer Bartle Bennett Berkowitz Berkstresser

Black Blunt Boatright Bonner Boucher 48

Bray 84 Britt Burton Campbell Champion

Chrismer Cierpiot Crawford Davis 122 Days

Dolan Elliott Enz Evans Fitzwater

Foley Foster Franklin Fraser Froelker

Gambaro Gaskill George Gibbons Graham 106

Graham 24 Gratz Green Griesheimer Gross

Hampton Hanaway Harlan Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124

Hegeman Hendrickson Hickey Hohulin Holand

Hollingsworth Hoppe Howerton Kelly 27 Kissell

Klindt Koller Kreider Lawson Leake

Legan Levin Liese Linton Lograsso

Loudon Luetkemeyer Luetkenhaus Marble May 108

Mays 50 McBride McClelland McKenna McLuckie

Merideth Miller Monaco Murray Myers

Naeger Nordwald Ostmann Overschmidt Parker

Patek Phillips Pouche 30 Pryor Purgason

Ransdall Reid Reinhart Relford Reynolds

Richardson Rizzo Robirds Sallee Scheve

Schilling Schwab Scott Secrest Seigfreid

Selby Shields Smith Summers Surface

Thompson Townley Treadway Tudor Vogel

Ward Wiggins Williams 121 Williams 159 Wilson 25

Wilson 42 Wright Mr. Speaker

NOES: 017

Clayton Curls Davis 63 Dougherty Farnen

Ford Gunn Hagan-Harrell Hilgemann Kennedy

O'Connor O'Toole Ross Shelton Skaggs

Troupe Van Zandt

PRESENT: 003

Boykins Brooks Riley

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 014

Akin Auer Barry 100 Crump Hosmer

Kasten Kelley 47 King Lakin Long

Murphy Ridgeway Stokan Wagner

VACANCIES: 001

Representative Purgason requested verification of the roll call on the adoption of House Amendment No. 2.

Representative Hanaway offered House Amendment No. 3.

House Amendment No. 3

AMEND House Joint Resolution No. 40, Page 4, Line 91, by inserting after all of said line the following:

"12. The schedule of compensation shall not become effective until it is approved by a majority of those qualified voters in this state voting
on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that
purpose and every two years thereafter.".

HJR 40, as amended, with House Amendment No. 3, pending, was laid over.

REFERRAL OF HOUSE RESOLUTION

The following House Resolution was referred to the Committee indicated:

HR 1163 - Accounts, Operations and Finance

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Committee on Critical Issues, Chairman Harlan reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Critical Issues, to which was referred HB 1649, begs leave to report it has examined the
same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Miscellaneous Bills and Resolutions, to which was referred HB 1368, begs leave to
report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE BILL - APPROPRIATIONS

The following House Bill was read the first time and copies ordered printed:

HB 1122, introduced by Representative Franklin, to appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the several
departments and offices of state government, and for the payment of various claims for refunds, for persons, firms, and
corporations, and for other purposes, and to transfer money among certain funds, from the funds designated for the fiscal
period ending June 30, 2000.

INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE BILL

The following House Bill was read the first time and copies ordered printed:

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and adopted
SCR 29.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29

WHEREAS, the General Assembly finds, for the purpose of streamlining and simplifying sales and use tax imposition and collection for the
twenty-first century, that:

Missouri should simplify sales and use taxes to reduce the administrative burden on the collection of sales and use taxes by both single state and
multistate taxpayers and vendors;

State and local tax systems should treat transactions in a competitively neutral manner;

A simplified sales and use tax system that treats all transactions in a competitively neutral manner will strengthen and preserve the sales and use tax
as vital state and local revenue sources and will preserve state fiscal sovereignty;

Remote sellers should neither receive preferential tax treatment at the expense of local "main street" merchants, nor be burdened with special,
discriminatory or multiple taxes; and

While states have the sovereign right to set their own tax policies, states working together have the opportunity to develop a more simple, uniform
and fair system of state sales and use taxation without federal government mandates of interference; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly directs the Missouri Department of Revenue to enter into discussions with other states regarding the
development of a multistate, voluntary, streamlined system for sales and use tax collection and administration. Such discussions shall focus on a
system that would have the capability to determine whether transactions are taxable or tax exempt, the appropriate tax rate applicable to
transactions, the total tax due on transactions, the provision of a method to collect and remit sales and use taxes to the state and the development of
a joint request for information from potential public and private parties governing the specification for the system; and

WHEREAS, discussions between the Department of Revenue and other states may also include, but shall not be limited to providing compensation
for the costs of collecting and remitting sales and use taxes; the mechanism for compensating parties for the development and operation of such
system; the establishment of minimum statutory simplification measures necessary for state participation in such system; and the establishment of
measures to preserve confidentiality of taxpayer information and privacy rights of consumers; and

WHEREAS, upon the conclusion of its discussions with other state, the Department of Revenue shall issue a joint request for information; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Revenue is authorized to participate in a sales tax pilot project with other states and selected businesses to test
means for simplifying sales and use tax administration, and to enter into joint agreements, which terminate no later than December 31, 2001, for
that purpose. Agreements to participate in the test shall establish provisions for the administration, imposition and collection of sales and use taxes
resulting in revenues paid that are equal to those that would otherwise be paid pursuant to chapter 144, RSMo. Parties to the agreements are
excused from complying with the provisions of chapter 144, RSMo, to the extent a different procedure is required by the agreements, except for
confidentiality of taxpayer information as discussed in this resolution; and

WHEREAS, tax return information submitted to any party or parties' action for and on behalf of this state shall be treated as confidential taxpayer
information. Disclosure of confidential taxpayer information shall only be made pursuant to a written agreement between the Department of
Revenue and the party or parties. Such party or parties shall be bound by the same requirements of confidentiality as the Department of Revenue
pursuant to section 32.057, RSMo; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly herein creates the Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee to provide legislative oversight of this effort.
The committee shall consist of two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tem, two members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker, the director of the Department of Revenue, the Attorney General and his or her designee, and a member of the
Governor's staff to be designated by the Governor. The committee shall meet on a monthly basis at the request of the director of the Department of
Revenue, who shall be the chairman, or more often if requested by a majority of the committee members; and

WHEREAS, the committee shall provide a quarterly report on the progress of the multistate tax discussion and other tax simplification efforts to
the President Pro Tem of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor. By October 1, 2001, the committee shall also
provide to the President Pro Tem of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor a final report on the status of
multistate discussions, including information as to whether a proposed system has been agreed upon by participating states and whether or not
Missouri should participate in such agreed upon system:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Missouri Senate, Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
House of Representatives concurring therein, hereby determine that streamlining and simplifying sales and use tax systems in this state will
promote commerce in this state and hereby direct the Department of Revenue to work toward the goal of streamlining and simplifying sales and use
taxes in this state in a manner as specified herein and as overseen by the Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee created herein; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the
Department of Revenue.

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and adopted
SCR 35.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35

WHEREAS, the members of the Missouri General Assembly deem it fitting and proper to honor citizens who have served this state and have
touched the lives of many individuals; and

WHEREAS, Hardin Charles Cox was born on March 4, 1928 in Rock Port, Missouri; and

WHEREAS, Hardin C. Cox was educated at Rock Port Public Schools and the University of Missouri-Columbia where he received a degree in
business and public administration; and

WHEREAS, while attending the University of Missouri, Hardin C. Cox was a member of the football team and participated in the 1945 Cotton
Bowl and the 1948 Gator Bowl games; and

WHEREAS, on January 6, 1952, Hardin C. Cox married Miss Virginia Ann Heifner and they have two sons, Charles and Mark; and

WHEREAS, Hardin C. Cox served the United States Army, Japan Occupational Force Signal Corps, 1946-1948 as a corporal and United States
Artillery, United States Forces in Korea, 1952-1953 as a first lieutenant; and

WHEREAS, Hardin C. Cox served in the Missouri General Assembly as a Representative and a Senator; was elected to the Missouri House of
Representatives in 1964 and served until 1972 and was elected to the Senate in 1974 and served until 1982; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Missouri Senate, Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the House of
Representatives concurring therein, hereby join in honoring Hardin C. Cox, by designating the tourist information center located on interstate
highway 29 in Atchison County as the "Hardin C. Cox Missouri Information Center"; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the
Missouri Department of Tourism.

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and adopted
SCR 36.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36

WHEREAS, care for the elderly constitutes a vital service within the State of Missouri; and

WHEREAS, the delivery of care and other services to the elderly is a complex issue and deserving of organized study and review; and

WHEREAS, the Division of Aging is an integral part of the management and delivery of care and other services to the elderly; and

WHEREAS, the organization and oversight of the Division of Aging by the Department of Social Services is in a period of re-evaluation and little
time exists to study the best overall solution:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Missouri Senate, Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
House of Representatives concurring therein, hereby establish the "Joint Interim Committee on the Transfer of the Division of Aging" to be
composed of seven members of the Senate and seven members of the House of Representatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the committee shall make an in-depth study of the transfer of the Division of Aging and shall determine the
benefits or detriments, including the financial ramifications, of such a transfer on the elderly population. The committee shall make such
recommendations as it deems necessary and shall be authorized to function from August 1, 2000, to January 5, 2001; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the
members of the committee by July 1, 2000, and such committee shall meet within ten days of its establishment and organize by selecting a chairman
and vice-chairman, one of whom shall be a member of the Senate and the other a member of the House of Representatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall prepare a report, together with its recommendations for any legislative action it deems
necessary for submission to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2000; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the staff of Senate Research and House Research and the Committee on Legislative Research shall provide
such legal, clerical, technical and bill drafting services as the committee may require in the performance of its duties. The expenses of each staff
shall be paid from the contingency fund of their respective departments; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Missouri Senate be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for
the Governor, the President Pro Tem of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and adopted
SCR 37.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37

Authorizes the creation of the Missouri-Mississippi River Delta Authority.

WHEREAS, the President of the United States has proposed the creation of a Mississippi Delta Regional Authority; and

WHEREAS, the Mississippi Delta Regional Authority would bring the resources of a Federal-State partnership to the region for economic growth
and to provide the infrastructure and job training needed to make prosperity possible in the Delta; and

WHEREAS, the seven affected counties in Missouri desire to participate with the Mississippi Delta Regional Authority in any policy development
and programs for the Delta area:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Missouri Senate, Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the House of
Representatives concurring therein, hereby authorize the creation of the "Missouri-Mississippi River Delta Authority" which shall participate in any
policy development and subsequent programs created by the Mississippi Delta Regional Authority; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Missouri-Mississippi River Delta Authority shall make recommendations to the General Assembly
regarding policy development, programs and interstate compacts; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Missouri-Mississippi River Delta Authority shall be composed of one county commissioner from each of
the counties of Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Stoddard and Butler; two members of the Senate, appointed by the President
Pro Tem, both of whom represent the area included in the authority; and two members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker,
both of whom represent the area included in the authority; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Economic Development shall provide professional, legal and clerical staff for the Missouri-Mississippi River Delta Authority; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for Governor
Mel Carnahan.

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed
SCS HCS HB 1101, entitled:

An act to appropriate money to the Board of Fund Commissioners for the cost of issuing and processing State Water Pollution Control Bonds,
Stormwater Control Bonds, Third State Building Bonds and Fourth State Building Bonds, as provided by law, to include payments from the Water
Pollution Control Bond and Interest Fund, Stormwater Control Bond and Interest Fund, Third Sate Building Bond Interest and Sinking Fund,
Fourth State Building Bond and Interest Fund, Water Pollution Control Fund and Stormwater Control Fund, and to transfer money among certain
funds for the period beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001.

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed
SCS HCS HB 1102, entitled:

An act to appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and of the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of
the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds and for the investment in registered bonds of the State Public School Fund
by the State Board of Education for the period beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001.

With Senate Amendment No. 2

Senate Amendment No. 2

AMEND Senate Committee Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1102 , Page 3, Section 2.020, Line 26, by inserting
after "Development" the following:

"; provided that for any district which has, for at least five years immediately preceding the year in which the error is discovered, adopted
a calender for the school term in which elementary schools are in session for twelve months of each calendar year, any error made in the
apportionment of state aid to such district because of a difference between the actual number of eligible pupils and the estimated number
of eligible pupils shall be corrected as provided in section 163.091, RSMo, and subsection 1 of section 163.036, RSMo, except that if the
amount paid exceeds the amount to which the district was actually entitled by more than five percent and the district provides written
application to the state board requesting that the deductions be made pursuant to this section, then the amounts shall be deducted
pursuant to this section. For deductions made pursuant to this section, interest at the rate of six percent shall be charged on the excess
and shall be included in the amount deducted and the total amount of such excess plus accrued interest shall be deducted from the
district's apportionment in equal monthly amounts beginning with the succeeding school year and extending for a period of months
specified by the district in its written request and no longer than sixty months".

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed
SCS HCS HB 1103, entitled:

An act to appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and the several divisions,
programs, and institutions of higher education included therein to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of
Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001.

With Senate Amendment No. 1

Senate Amendment No. 1

AMEND Senate Committee Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1103, Pages 2 and 3, Section 3.040, Lines 3 and 4, by
striking "$292,060" on Page 2, Line 3, and placing in lieu thereof "$331,959" and by striking "$200,593" on Page 3, Line 4, and placing in lieu
thereof "$160,694".

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed
SCS HCS HB 1104, entitled:

An act to appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and the Department of
Transportation, and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of
Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001.

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed
SCS HCS HB 1105, entitled:

An act to appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, the Department of Transportation,
and the Chief Executive's Office, and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the
Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001.

With Senate Amendment No. 1 and Senate Amendment No. 2

Senate Amendment No. 1

AMEND Senate Committee Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1105, Pages 15 and 16, Section 5.300, by deleting the
Section in its entirety; and

Further amend said bill, Page 16, Section 5.305, by deleting the Section in its entirety.

Senate Amendment No. 2

AMEND Senate Committee Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1105, Page 2, Section 5.015, Line 7, by deleting the
number "75,630" and inserting in lieu thereof the number "37,815"; and

Further amend said section, Line 8, by deleting the number "11,200" and inserting in lieu thereof the number "5,600"; and

Further amend said section, Line 9, by deleting the number "86,830" and inserting in lieu thereof the number "43,415"; and

Further amend said section, by deleting line 10, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"Total (Not to exceed 31.80) .$1,706,415".

In which the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested.

ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Representative Foley, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 19, 2000.